Web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">

    <!-- The definition of the Root Spring Container shared by all Servlets and Filters -->
	<context-param>
		<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
		<param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/exampleApplicationContext.xml</param-value>
	</context-param>

    <!-- Creates the Spring Container shared by all Servlets and Filters -->
    <listener>
        <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
    </listener>

    <!-- Processes application requests -->
 	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
		<init-param>
            <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
            <param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/appServlet/servlet-context.xml</param-value>
        </init-param>
	</servlet>

	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>

<!--     <welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
    </welcome-file-list> -->



	<filter>
        <filter-name>characterEncodingFilter</filter-name>
        <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter</filter-class>

        <init-param>
                <param-name>encoding</param-name>
                <param-value>UTF-8</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
                <param-name>force</param-name>
                <param-value>true</param-value>
        </init-param>

 </filter>


<filter>
		<filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
		<filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class>
	</filter>

	<filter-mapping>
		<filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
		<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
		<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
		<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
	</filter-mapping>


<filter>
		<filter-name>sitemesh</filter-name>
		<filter-class>org.sitemesh.config.ConfigurableSiteMeshFilter</filter-class>
	</filter>

	<filter-mapping>
		<filter-name>sitemesh</filter-name>
		<url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
		<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
		<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
	</filter-mapping>

</web-app>